The oil tanker Settebello. (Photo: X/@vishnumathur)New Delhi: A Palau-flagged oil tanker with 24 Indian crew members on board was struck by a missile in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday, triggering an engine-room fire and leaving three Indians missing. ...
Tony Walton (Photo: BAE Systems)New Delhi: The global defence, aerospace and security company – BAE Systems, has appointed Tony Walton as the managing director for India, effective immediately.Based in New Delhi, Tony will oversee the company&r...
A satellite view of INS Baaz at Campbell Bay, Nicobar Island. (Google Earth)New Delhi: After nearly five years of inconclusive feasibility studies, the government has formally abandoned its long-pending proposal to expand INS Baaz, the Indian Navy ai...
From left: Richard Marles, John Healey, and Pete Hegseth. (Photo via X/@DefenceHQ)New Delhi: The trilateral security arrangement between the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia (Aukus) has announced its most operationally substantive pac...
Sub Lieutenant Astha Tyagi (L) and Sub Lieutenant Akanksha Tyagi (3R) with their parents. (Photo: Facebook/Doon Defence Academy)New Delhi: When Sub Lieutenant Akanksha Tyagi passed out of the Indian Naval Academy at Ezhimala, Kerala, last week, ...
Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit. (Photo: IDS)New Delhi: The government has appointed Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit the next vice-chief of the air staff (VCAS) of the Indian Air Force, placing one of the service’s most experienced fighter pilots and sen...
An Indian Navy MiG-29K on INS Vikrant. (Photo via Facebook)New Delhi: The Naval Armament Inspectorate (NAI) in Goa has issued an expression of interest (EoI) seeking Indian companies to indigenously design, develop, and manufacture the 80mm aero rock...
Adm Dinesh K Tripathi and Adm Krishna Swaminathan (L) at South Block New Delhi: Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi retired on May 31, 2026, as the 26th chief of the naval staff, closing a 25-month tenure that will be remembered for record ...
Admiral Krishna Swaminathan. New Delhi: Admiral Krishna Swaminathan took command on Sunday as the 27th chief of the naval staff. He now steps into the role at a time when the service is pushing hard on modernization and facing intensifying strat...
Gen NS Raja Subramani. (Photo: HQ IDS) New Delhi: General NS Raja Subramani, a former Indian Army commander, formally assumed charge as India’s third chief of defence staff (CDS) on Sunday, succeeding General Anil Chauhan, who retired afte...